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I've been playing with this and it's a pretty neat thing :). Cheers for putting this info together. I do a quick question I'm hoping someone can point me in the right direction on, however.

I'm working on being able to being able to display a list of agreements all from one primary page using the do= thing. So I have agreement.php setup like is described in the tutorial and instead of

Code:

eval('print_output("' . fetch_template('AGREEMENT') . '");');

...at the end of the file, I have instead added something like:

Code:

// Grab template for standard agreement

if ($_REQUEST['do'] == 'standard')

{

    eval('print_output("' . fetch_template('agree_standard') . '");');

}



// Or grab template for special agreement

elseif ($_REQUEST['do'] == 'special')

{

    eval('print_output("' . fetch_template('agree_special') . '");');

}



// Template for main agreement page if no 'do' statement

else

{

        eval('print_output("' . fetch_template('AGREEMENT') . '");');

}

This works fine except the templates for AGREEMENT, agree_standard, and agree_special all basically contain the same code except for the body of the agreement itself. Meaning, it sounds to me like each template contains a lot of redundant code, e.g.

Code:

$stylevar[htmldoctype]

<html dir="$stylevar[textdirection]" lang="$stylevar[languagecode]">

<head>

<title>$vboptions[bbtitle]</title>

$headinclude

etc.

How do I set it up so the AGREEMENT template contains this primary structure while child templates like agree_standard aren't forced to repeat it within their own structure, and just contain the HTML I need for that page's 'do' statement?

I'm on the verge of a nervous breakdown here! lol

I have a nice page working, but I need the "what's going on?" info at the bottom. I've been trying to do this for 4 hours now. I think I've tried everything I'm capable of with no luck. I took the 'What's going on?' box and added it to the template, I then took the what's going on php info and added that to my php file for this hack. I got a few items to work but not all of them. Can someone please help me do this? Thanks

welo,

Put the HTML you need for that page's 'do' statement in avariable like this:

PHP Code:


		
			
if ($_REQUEST['do'] == 'agree_standard')

{

    eval('$whatever = "' . fetch_template('agree_standard') . '";');

    eval('print_output("' . fetch_template('AGREEMENT') . '");');

}

if ($_REQUEST['do'] == 'agree_special')

{

    eval('$whatever = "' . fetch_template('agree_special') . '";');

    eval('print_output("' . fetch_template('AGREEMENT') . '");');

}

else

{

    eval('$whatever = "' . fetch_template('default_do_template') . '";');

    eval('print_output("' . fetch_template('AGREEMENT') . '");');

}

Then add $whatever in your AGREEMENT template where you want the 'do' stuff to appear.

That's exactly what I was trying to do. Thanks man. I've been switching off between working on this and writing all kinds of legal crap for the actual agreements, and just couldn't see it. Sure makes sense now :). Thanks again.

I'll donate $15 to someone's paypal account if they can help me with my issue in post #163 , I'm desperate!

Quote:

Originally Posted by sross

I need the "what's going on?" info at the bottom.

I don't think anyone knows what you mean. I know I sure don't have a "What's going on" something-or-other anywhere on my VB.

[edit]Okay, I see what you mean. Sorry about that. I'm running into the same issue with trying to add in "Currently Active Users Viewing..."[/edit]

Here guys, try this.

Edit the lines at the top of the file so they look like this, be sure to include your own changes if you had made any.

PHP Code:


		
			
  // ################### PRE-CACHE TEMPLATES AND DATA ######################

  // get special phrase groups

  $phrasegroups = array('holiday');

  

  // get special data templates from the datastore

  $specialtemplates = array(

      'userstats',

      'birthdaycache',

      'maxloggedin',

      'iconcache',

      'eventcache',

      'mailqueue'

  );

  

  // pre-cache templates used by all actions

  $globaltemplates = array(

      'FORUMHOME',

      'forumhome_event',

      'forumhome_lastpostby',

      'forumhome_loggedinuser',

  );

  

  // pre-cache templates used by specific actions

  $actiontemplates = array(

  

  );

  

  // ######################### REQUIRE BACK-END ############################

  require_once('./global.php');

  require_once('./includes/functions_bigthree.php');

Add the lines below to your script near the bottom.

PHP Code:


		
			
  // ### TODAY'S BIRTHDAYS #################################################

  if ($vboptions['showbirthdays'])

  {

      $birthdaystore = unserialize($datastore['birthdaycache']);

     if (!is_array($birthdaystore) OR ($today != $birthdaystore['day1'] AND $today != $birthdaystore['day2']))

      {

          // Need to update!

          require_once('./includes/functions_databuild.php');

          $birthdaystore = build_birthdays();

          DEVDEBUG('Updated Birthdays');

      }

      switch($today)

      {

          case $birthdaystore['day1']:

              $birthdays = $birthdaystore['users1'];

              break;

  

          case $birthdaystore['day2'];

              $birthdays = $birthdaystore['users2'];

              break;

      }

      // memory saving

      unset($birthdaystore);

  

      $show['birthdays'] = iif ($birthdays, true, false);

  }

  else

  {

      $show['birthdays'] = false;

  }

  

  // ### TODAY'S EVENTS #################################################

  if ($vboptions['showevents'])

  {

      require_once('./includes/functions_calendar.php');

  

      $future = gmdate('n-j-Y' , TIMENOW + 43200 + (86400 * ($vboptions['showevents'] - 1)));

      $eventstore = unserialize($datastore['eventcache']);

  

      if (!is_array($eventstore) OR $future != $eventstore['date'])

      {

          // Need to update!

          require_once('./includes/functions_databuild.php');

          $eventstore = build_events();

          DEVDEBUG('Updated Events');

      }

  

      unset($eventstore['date']);

      $events = array();

      $eventcount = 0;

      foreach ($eventstore AS $eventid => $eventinfo)

      {

         $offset = iif (!$eventinfo['utc'], $bbuserinfo['tzoffset'], $bbuserinfo['timezoneoffset']);

         $eventinfo['dateline_from_user'] = $eventinfo['dateline_from'] + $offset * 3600;

          $eventinfo['dateline_to_user'] = $eventinfo['dateline_to'] + $offset * 3600;

          $gettime = TIMENOW - $vboptions['hourdiff'];

          $iterations = 0;

  

         if ($bbuserinfo['calendarpermissions']["$eventinfo[calendarid]"] & CANVIEWCALENDAR OR $eventinfo['holidayid'])

          {

             if ($eventinfo['userid'] == $bbuserinfo['userid'] OR $bbuserinfo['calendarpermissions']["$eventinfo[calendarid]"] & CANVIEWOTHERSEVENT OR $eventinfo['holidayid'])

              {

                 while ($iterations < $vboptions['showevents'])

                  {

                     $todaydate = getdate($gettime);

                  if (cache_event_info($eventinfo, $todaydate['mon'], $todaydate['mday'], $todaydate['year']))

                      {

                      if (!$vboptions['showeventtype'])

                         {

                       $events["$eventinfo[eventid]"][] = $gettime;

                         }

                         else

                         {

                       $events["$gettime"][] = $eventinfo['eventid'];

                         }

                         $eventcount++;

                      }

                     $iterations++;

                     $gettime += 86400;

                  }

              }

          }

      }

  

      if (!empty($events))

      {

          ksort($events, SORT_NUMERIC);

          foreach($events AS $index => $value)

          {

              $pastevent = 0;

              $pastcount = 0;

              unset($eventdates, $comma, $daysevents);

              if (!$vboptions['showeventtype'])

             {    // Group by Event // $index = $eventid

                  unset($day);

                 foreach($value AS $key => $dateline)

                  {

                  if (($dateline - 86400) == $pastevent AND !$eventinfo['holidayid'])

                      {

                      $pastevent = $dateline;

                         $pastcount++;

                         continue;

                      }

                      else

                      {

                      if ($pastcount)

                         {

                       $eventdates = construct_phrase($vbphrase['event_x_to_y'], $eventdates, vbdate($vboptions['dateformat'], $pastevent, false, true, false));

                         }

                      $pastcount = 0;

                      $pastevent = $dateline;

                      }

                     if (!$day)

                      {

                      $day = vbdate('Y-n-j', $dateline, false, false);

                      }

                  $eventdates .= $comma . vbdate($vboptions['dateformat'], $dateline, false, true, false);

                     $comma = ', ';

                  $eventinfo = $eventstore["$index"];

                  }

                  if ($pastcount)

                  {

                  $eventdates = construct_phrase($vbphrase['event_x_to_y'], $eventdates, vbdate($vboptions['dateformat'], $pastevent, false, true, false));

                  }

  

  

  

                  if ($eventinfo['holidayid'])

                  {

                  $callink = "<a href=\"calendar.php?$session[sessionurl]do=getinfo&amp;day=$day\">" . $vbphrase['holiday_title_' . $eventinfo['varname']] . "</a>";

                  }

                  else

                  {

                  $callink = "<a href=\"calendar.php?$session[sessionurl]do=getinfo&amp;day=$day&amp;e=$eventinfo[eventid]&amp;c=$eventinfo[calendarid]\">$eventinfo[title]</a>";

                  }

              }

              else

              {    // Group by Date

              $eventdate = vbdate($vboptions['dateformat'], $index, false, true, false);

                 $day = vbdate('Y-n-j', $index, false, false);

                 foreach($value AS $key => $eventid)

                  {

                  $eventinfo = $eventstore["$eventid"];

                     if ($eventinfo['holidayid'])

                      {

                      $daysevents .= $comma . "<a href=\"calendar.php?$session[sessionurl]do=getinfo&amp;day=$day\">" . $vbphrase['holiday_title_' . $eventinfo['varname']] . "</a>";

                      }

                      else

                      {

                      $daysevents .= $comma . "<a href=\"calendar.php?$session[sessionurl]do=getinfo&amp;day=$day&amp;e=$eventinfo[eventid]&amp;c=$eventinfo[calendarid]\">$eventinfo[title]</a>";

                      }

                     $comma = ', ';

                  }

              }

              eval('$upcomingevents .= "' . fetch_template('forumhome_event') . '";');

          }

          // memory saving

          unset($events, $eventstore);

      }

      $show['upcomingevents'] = iif ($upcomingevents, true, false);

      $show['todaysevents'] = iif ($vboptions['showevents'] == 1, true, false);

  }

  else

  {

      $show['upcomingevents'] = false;

  }

  

  // ### LOGGED IN USERS #################################################

  $activeusers = '';

  if ($vboptions['displayloggedin'])

  {

      $datecut = TIMENOW - $vboptions['cookietimeout'];

      $numbervisible = 0;

      $numberregistered = 0;

      $numberguest = 0;

  

      $forumusers = $DB_site->query("

          SELECT

             user.username, (user.options & $_USEROPTIONS[invisible]) AS invisible, user.usergroupid,

              session.userid, session.inforum, session.lastactivity,

              IF(displaygroupid=0, user.usergroupid, displaygroupid) AS displaygroupid

          FROM " . TABLE_PREFIX . "session AS session

          LEFT JOIN " . TABLE_PREFIX . "user AS user ON(user.userid = session.userid)

          WHERE session.lastactivity > $datecut

         ORDER BY " . iif($permissions['genericpermissions'] & CANSEEHIDDEN, 'invisible ASC, ') . "username ASC, lastactivity DESC

      ");

  

      if ($bbuserinfo['userid'])

      {

          // fakes the user being online for an initial page view of index.php

         $bbuserinfo['joingroupid'] = iif($bbuserinfo['displaygroupid'], $bbuserinfo['displaygroupid'], $bbuserinfo['usergroupid']);

          $userinfos = array

          (

              $bbuserinfo['userid'] => array

              (

                 'userid' => $bbuserinfo['userid'],

                 'username' => $bbuserinfo['username'],

                 'invisible' => $bbuserinfo['invisible'],

                  'inforum' => 0,

                  'lastactivity' => TIMENOW,

              'musername' => fetch_musername($bbuserinfo, 'joingroupid')

              )

          );

          $numberregistered = 1;

          $numbervisible = 1;

          fetch_online_status($userinfos["$bbuserinfo[userid]"]);

          $loggedin = $userinfos["$bbuserinfo[userid]"];

          eval('$activeusers = ", ' . fetch_template('forumhome_loggedinuser') . '";');

      }

      else

      {

          $userinfos = array();

      }

      $inforum = array();

  

      while ($loggedin = $DB_site->fetch_array($forumusers))

      {

          $userid = $loggedin['userid'];

          if (!$userid)

          {    // Guest

              $numberguest++;

              $inforum["$loggedin[inforum]"]++;

          }

         else if (empty($userinfos["$userid"]['lastactivity']) OR ($userinfos["$userid"]['lastactivity'] < $loggedin['lastactivity']))

          {

              $userinfos["$userid"] = $loggedin;

              $numberregistered++;

              if ($userid != $bbuserinfo['userid'])

              {

                 $inforum["$loggedin[inforum]"]++;

              }

              $loggedin['musername'] = fetch_musername($loggedin);

  

              if (fetch_online_status($loggedin))

              {

                  $numbervisible++;

              eval('$activeusers .= ", ' . fetch_template('forumhome_loggedinuser') . '";');

              }

          }

      }

  

      // memory saving

      unset($userinfos, $loggedin);

  

      $activeusers = substr($activeusers , 2); // get rid of initial comma

  

      $DB_site->free_result($loggedins);

  

      $totalonline = $numberregistered + $numberguest;

      $numberinvisible = $numberregistered - $numbervisible;

  

      // ### MAX LOGGEDIN USERS ################################

      $maxusers = unserialize($datastore['maxloggedin']);

      if (intval($maxusers['maxonline']) <= $totalonline)

      {

          $maxusers['maxonline'] = $totalonline;

          $maxusers['maxonlinedate'] = TIMENOW;

          build_datastore('maxloggedin', serialize($maxusers));

      }

  

      $recordusers = $maxusers['maxonline'];

      $recorddate = vbdate($vboptions['dateformat'], $maxusers['maxonlinedate'], true);

      $recordtime = vbdate($vboptions['timeformat'], $maxusers['maxonlinedate']);

  

      $show['loggedinusers'] = true;

  }

  else

  {

      $show['loggedinusers'] = false;

  }



// ### BOARD STATISTICS #################################################



// get total threads & posts from the forumcache

$totalthreads = 0;

$totalposts = 0;

if (is_array($forumcache))

{

    foreach ($forumcache AS $forum)

    {

        $totalthreads += $forum['threadcount'];

        $totalposts += $forum['replycount'];

    }

}

$totalthreads = vb_number_format($totalthreads);

$totalposts = vb_number_format($totalposts);



// get total members and newest member from template

$userstats = unserialize($datastore['userstats']);

$numbermembers = vb_number_format($userstats['numbermembers']);

$newusername = $userstats['newusername'];

$newuserid = $userstats['newuserid'];



// ### ALL DONE! SPIT OUT THE HTML AND LET'S GET OUTA HERE... ###

Save your file and upload it.

Now for the template edits,

place the following code anywhere you want the Whos online to show.

HTML Code:

  <!-- what's going on box -->

 <table class="tborder" cellpadding="$stylevar[cellpadding]" cellspacing="$stylevar[cellspacing]" border="0" width="100%" align="center">

  <thead>

      <tr>

          <td class="tcat" colspan="2">$vbphrase[whats_going_on]</td>

      </tr>

  </thead>

  <if condition="$show['loggedinusers']">

  <!-- logged-in users -->

  <tbody>

      <tr>

          <td class="thead" colspan="2">

 <a style="float:$stylevar[right]" href="#top" onclick="return toggle_collapse('forumhome_activeusers')"><img id="collapseimg_forumhome_activeusers" src="$stylevar[imgdir_button]/collapse_thead$vbcollapse[collapseimg_forumhome_activeusers].gif" alt="" border="0" /></a>

 <a href="online.php?$session[sessionurl]">$vbphrase[currently_active_users]</a>: $totalonline (<phrase 1="$numberregistered" 2="$numberguest">$vbphrase[x_members_and_y_guests]</phrase>)

          </td>

      </tr>

  </tbody>

  <tbody id="collapseobj_forumhome_activeusers" style="$vbcollapse[collapseobj_forumhome_activeusers]">

      <tr>

 <td class="alt2"><a href="online.php?$session[sessionurl]"><img src="$stylevar[imgdir_misc]/whos_online.gif" alt="$vbphrase[view_whos_online]" border="0" /></a></td>

          <td class="alt1" width="100%">

              <div class="smallfont">

 <div style="white-space: nowrap"><phrase 1="$recordusers" 2="$recorddate" 3="$recordtime">$vbphrase[most_users_ever_online_was_x_y_at_z]</phrase></div>

                  <div>$activeusers</div>

              </div>

          </td>

      </tr>

  </tbody>

  <!-- end logged-in users -->

  </if>

  <tbody>

      <tr>

          <td class="thead" colspan="2">

 <a style="float:$stylevar[right]" href="#top" onclick="return toggle_collapse('forumhome_stats')"><img id="collapseimg_forumhome_stats" src="$stylevar[imgdir_button]/collapse_thead$vbcollapse[collapseimg_forumhome_stats].gif" alt="" border="0" /></a>

              <phrase 1="$vboptions[bbtitle]">$vbphrase[x_statistics]</phrase>

          </td>

      </tr>

  </tbody>

  <tbody id="collapseobj_forumhome_stats" style="$vbcollapse[collapseobj_forumhome_stats]">

      <tr>

 <td class="alt2"><img src="$stylevar[imgdir_misc]/stats.gif" alt="<phrase 1="$vboptions[bbtitle]">$vbphrase[x_statistics]</phrase>" border="0" /></td>

          <td class="alt1" width="100%">

          <div class="smallfont">

 <div>$vbphrase[threads]: $totalthreads, $vbphrase[posts]: $totalposts, $vbphrase[members]: $numbermembers</div>

 <div><phrase 1="member.php?$session[sessionurl]u=$newuserid" 2="$newusername">$vbphrase[welcome_to_our_newest_member_x]</phrase></div>

          </div>

          </td>

      </tr>

  </tbody>

  <if condition="$show['birthdays']">

  <!-- today's birthdays -->

  <tbody>

      <tr>

          <td class="thead" colspan="2">

 <a style="float:$stylevar[right]" href="#top" onclick="return toggle_collapse('forumhome_birthdays')"><img id="collapseimg_forumhome_birthdays" src="$stylevar[imgdir_button]/collapse_thead$vbcollapse[collapseimg_forumhome_birthdays].gif" alt="" border="0" /></a>

              $vbphrase[todays_birthdays]

          </td>

      </tr>

  </tbody>

  <tbody id="collapseobj_forumhome_birthdays" style="$vbcollapse[collapseobj_forumhome_birthdays]">

      <tr>

 <td class="alt2"><a href="calendar.php?$session[sessionurl]do=getday&amp;day=$today&amp;sb=1"><img src="$stylevar[imgdir_misc]/birthday.gif" alt="$vbphrase[view_birthdays]" border="0" /></a></td>

          <td class="alt1" width="100%"><div class="smallfont">$birthdays</div></td>

      </tr>

  </tbody>

  <!-- end today's birthdays -->

  </if>

  <if condition="$show['upcomingevents']">

  <tbody>

      <tr>

          <td class="thead" colspan="2">

 <a style="float:$stylevar[right]" href="#top" onclick="return toggle_collapse('forumhome_events')"><img id="collapseimg_forumhome_events" src="$stylevar[imgdir_button]/collapse_thead$vbcollapse[collapseimg_forumhome_events].gif" alt="" border="0" /></a>

 <if condition="$show['todaysevents']">$vbphrase[todays_events]<else /><phrase 1="$vboptions[showevents]">$vbphrase[upcoming_events_for_the_next_x_days]</phrase></if>

          </td>

      </tr>

  </tbody>

  <tbody id="collapseobj_forumhome_events" style="$vbcollapse[collapseobj_forumhome_events]">

      <tr>

 <td class="alt2"><a href="calendar.php?$session[sessionurl]"><img src="$stylevar[imgdir_misc]/calendar.gif" alt="$vbphrase[calendar]" border="0" /></a></td>

          <td class="alt1" width="100%"><div class="smallfont">$upcomingevents</div></td>

      </tr>

  </tbody>

  </if>

  </table>

  <br />

  <!-- end what's going on box -->

Mr. Hillbilly, thanks for the help so far! Still not working though. I'm not sure what I'm doing wrong. I have attachment my php code and template code. The following code shows the what's going on box as:

APUG Forums Statistics
Threads: , Posts: , Members:
Welcome to our newest member,

It only shows a few stats and they are blank. Hope you can help, thanks again!

Forgot to add a couple of lines, this one should work.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mr. HillBilly

Forgot to add a couple of lines, this one should work.

updated the new php file, cleared cache, went back to the page and still no change, looks the same :( seems like it should work, weird

Well, here's a question for you guys. :D
I'd be forever grateful if somebody could get this to even semi-work.

I've chosen to use this method of creating pages since the thought of customizing a portal to get rid of all the blocks is beyond me. Pretty much all I need to do what a lot of the portals do, display threads from a "news" forum with simple comment links.

That's it, I just need to know how to get the title, date, author and comment links on there and I'd be all good - from there I can customize the template normally. ^_^

Thank you for all your help in advance, and I really hope somebody can solve this for me.

BTW: Does anybody find it odd that Greg hasn't visited this thread in a while?

Ok I got the extra page to display, thank all of you for the information :) I have this code in my template

Code:

$stylevar[htmldoctype]

<html dir="$stylevar[textdirection]" lang="$stylevar[languagecode]">

<head>

<title>$vboptions[bbtitle]</title>

$headinclude

</head>

<body>

$header



$navbar



<table class="tborder" cellpadding="$stylevar[cellpadding]" cellspacing="$stylevar[cellspacing]" border="0" width="100%" align="center">

<tr>

        <td class="tcat"><h2>City Ordinances (the Rules)</h2>

This forum is a great place to post questions, 

answers, or have a productive discussion on web 

development. While we may delete anything we 

find inappropriate, it is rare that such a post is 

made as the members here have been very helpful 

to each other. The following are guidelines to follow 

when posting a message or reply:</td>

</tr>

<tr>

<td class="alt1">$vbphrase[insult_flame]</td>

</tr>

<tr>

<td class="alt2">$vbphrase[no_spam]</td>

</tr>

<tr>

<td class="alt1">$vbphrase[illegal_material]</td>

</tr>

<tr>

<td class="alt2">$vbphrase[cross_posting]</td>

</tr>

<tr>

<td class="alt1">$vbphrase[homework]</td>

</tr>

<tr>

<td class="alt2">$vbphrase[flooding]</td>

</tr>

<tr>

<td class="alt1">$vbphrase[all_caps]</td>

</tr>

<tr>

<td class="alt2">$vbphrase[no_politics]</td>

</tr>

<td class="alt1">$vbphrase[mod_time]</td>

</tr>

<tr>

<td class="alt2">$vbphrase[read_faq_first]</td>

</tr>



</table>



$footer

</body>

</html>

the part that is hard coded into it displays just fine but the $vbphrases don't display at all, any ideas what i might have done wrong ?

Thanks for any assistance

So can anybody help me with my little problem? :]

I apologize for posting a 3rd time, but is there nobody that can help with this? It's been 2 days! o_O

Quote:

Originally Posted by Synicide

I apologize for posting a 3rd time, but is there nobody that can help with this? It's been 2 days! o_O

IMHO, it would be easier to modify one of the portals to do this than to add everything to this hack to accomplish what you need.

i fixed my issue a few lines up, eval stuff was in the wrong place. mine works like I want now.

Quote:

Originally Posted by SVTBlackLight01

IMHO, it would be easier to modify one of the portals to do this than to add everything to this hack to accomplish what you need.

Hmmm... just add it to the PHP... I guess I could take a look at that, Thanks SVT. :]

Take a look at vBadvanced. You could propably get by with a simple template mod once you get it installed (unless you are already running one instance of it). All the blocks are contained in the index template, so you could either remove them from the template or comment them out.

I have a statement then one question:

Ive placed this in the websites root directory as the main page of my site:
http://www.joeygowdy.com

My forums are in a different directory:
http://www.joeygowdy.com/forum

Ive already made all the required changes, now for the question:
If I ever choose the have the vbboard switched offline for updates, will the main site also be unavailable due to the fact that Im useing vbtemplates to power my main site?

Is there a way that you can add new pages on your index directory rather than the forum directory?

Meaning, the new template works only if the file is added within the forum directory but would like to know if you can make these page work outside of a forum page.

BTW: Great hack! Clicks Install.

Edit: Sorry, I just realized you can not ask questions in here. :o

Quote:

Originally Posted by iKwak

Is there a way that you can add new pages on your index directory rather than the forum directory?

This should get you started.

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showpost....2&postcount=23

All your menu links will need to be absolute instead of relative too.

I used your code :

PHP Code:


		
			
chdir('/usr/home/mydomain/www/forum');

require('./global.php');

But it still does not function properly, i am still getting js errors and images are not showing.
I have this .php file outside my forum directory too.

any help ?

Anybody,

I can't get phrases created via the phrase manager to show up? Any ideas what i might have done wrong ? here is the info in my template if it helps :)

As always Thanks for any assistance :0

I am trying to make a rather large template (950 lines of code), for a page using this "hack" and when I try to save and reload the template in the Control Panel it won't refresh like it saved and the changes don't load when I go to the page. Is there a maximum template size limit that I am bumping into?

Quote:

Originally Posted by cinq

I used your code :

PHP Code:


		
			
chdir('/usr/home/mydomain/www/forum');

require('./global.php');

But it still does not function properly, i am still getting js errors and images are not showing.
I have this .php file outside my forum directory too.

any help ?

All the js references in the headinclude template need to have an absolute path.

Code:

<script type="text/javascript" src="$vboptions[bburl]/clientscript/vbulletin_global.js"></script>

<if condition="$show['popups']"><script type="text/javascript" src="$vboptions[bburl]/clientscript/vbulletin_menu.js"></script></if>

I'd like to do something a little different with this:

I have a PHP file as instructed, but I only want to include a header and footer (I've already set up templates for those). For the main page I want to include another page.

This is what I tried in the PHP file:

Code:

<snip>

$navbits = construct_navbits($navbits); 

eval('$navbar = "' . fetch_template('navbar') . '";'); 

eval('print_output("' . fetch_template('extrapage_top') . '");'); 

include("extrapage_contents.html"); 

eval('print_output("' . fetch_template('extrapage_bottom') . '");'); 

?>

Except it only shows the information from the template extrapage_top.

It doesn't show extrapage_contents.html, nor does it show the code from the template extrapage_bottom.

What am I doing wrong?

Includes have to go in the phpinclude_start template. Use the example as a guide:

Code:

// Example of how to include a seperate file:

// ob_start();

// require("yourheader.html");

// $header = ob_get_contents();

// ob_end_clean();

All you have to add to your template is the variable for the page you want to include ($header in the example).

Excellent - worked like a charm. Thanks!

Great. Glad to help. :)

Can cany one please tell my how i can add login,latest treads and that sort of things to the vb powerd page.

Hi

Is it possible for this to work when the forums in a subdomain on the same server?

I have tried it using PHP includes (storing the root php file in the forums dir) and that works, however permissions dont seem to work and when i use permissions via the templates(<if> statments) it doesnt recognise that Im logged in...

thanks in advance for any help

great hack :D

however i am having a few issues when i try to align the tables in the body. if i try to align the table on the left the time stamp will appear on the right in stead of the bottom of where it should be. in the attached image you can see how i made two tables side by side and the time stamp appears in between the two tables. no matter what i try in the code nothing seems to move it. i will attach the code too. Any help will be appreciated :) thanks.

HTML Code:

$stylevar[htmldoctype]

<html dir="$stylevar[textdirection]" lang="$stylevar[languagecode]">

<head>

<title>$vboptions[bbtitle]&nbsp:: Links</title>

$headinclude

</head>

<body>

$header



$navbar



<table class="tborder" cellpadding="$stylevar[cellpadding]" cellspacing="$stylevar[cellspacing]" border="0" width="100%" align="center">

<tr>

        <td class="tcat">Links</td>

</tr>

<tr>

        <td class="alt1"><p>Great links and friends of Mysite.org.<br>

        </td>

</tr>

</table>

<br>



<table class="tborder" cellpadding="$stylevar[cellpadding]" cellspacing="$stylevar[cellspacing]" border="0" width="48%" align="left">

<tr>

        <td class="tcat">Discussion Boards</td>

</tr>

<tr valign="center">

        <td class="alt1"><br><a href="http://www.site1.org/" target="_blank">Description</a><br><br><a href="http://www.site2.com/" target="_blank">Description2</a><br><br><a href="http://www.site3.com/" target="_blank">Description3</a><br><br><i>more to come...</i><br>

        </td>

</tr>

</table>





<table class="tborder" cellpadding="$stylevar[cellpadding]" cellspacing="$stylevar[cellspacing]" border="0" width="48%" align="right">

<tr>

        <td class="tcat">Other Sites</td>

</tr>

<tr>

        <td class="alt1"><br><a href="http://www.site1.org/" target="_blank">Description1</a><br><br><a href="http://www.site2.com/" target="_blank">Description2</a><br><br><a href="http://www.site3.com/" target="_blank">Description3</a><br><br><i>more to come...</i><br>

        </td>

</tr>

</table>

<br>

<br>

<br>

$footer



</html>

Installed the test pages "Test"

Its all white and nothing shows?

Whats up, anyone?

Make sure you added the template and also added it to the template cache at the top of the page :)

I want to call this hack from the control panel but right now I'm just getting a blank screen. The template is called MAILLIST and is unchanged from page 1 of this thread.

here's my file called maillist.php which is stored at /forum/
(comments removed for brevity)

PHP Code:


		
			
<?php 

error_reporting(E_ALL & ~E_NOTICE); 



define('NO_REGISTER_GLOBALS', 1); 

define('THIS_SCRIPT', 'maillist'); // change this depending on your filename 



// get special phrase groups 

$phrasegroups = array( ); 



$specialtemplates = array( ); 



$globaltemplates = array(     'MAILLIST',     'usercp_nav_folderbit'); 



$actiontemplates = array( 'MAILLIST'); 



require_once('./global.php'); 



$navbits = array(); 

$navbits[$parent] = 'Test Page'; 



$navbits = construct_navbits($navbits); 

eval('$navbar = "' . fetch_template('navbar') . '";'); 

eval('print_output("' . fetch_template('MAIL LIST MAINTENANCE') . '");'); 



?>

Can't see where I've gone wrong? sure it's something simple, any ideas?

Plus, how do I ensure that I get the control panel nav rather than the normal nav?

Sarah

You can't call templates from within the admincp :)

Thanks Dean

I'm trying to run this from within the user CP.

Found my mistake:

Code:

eval('print_output("' . fetch_template('MAILLIST') . '");');

should be

Code:

eval('print_output("' . fetch_template('MAIL LIST MAINTENANCE') . '");');

but I'm actually going to be doing a hybrid of this technique and extra profile fields so hopefully I'm on my way!

No problem Sarah. Good luck with whatever you're coding :D!

Phrase Groups Available:

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Template Usage: (1)ad_footer_end (1)ad_footer_start (1)ad_header_end (1)ad_header_logo (1)ad_navbar_below (9)bbcode_code_printable (2)bbcode_html_printable (6)bbcode_php_printable (6)bbcode_quote_printable (1)footer (1)gobutton (1)header (1)headinclude (6)option (1)pagenav (1)pagenav_curpage (4)pagenav_pagelink (1)pagenav_pagelinkrel (1)post_thanks_navbar_search (1)printthread (40)printthreadbit (1)spacer_close (1)spacer_open Phrase Groups Available: global postbit showthread	Included Files: ./printthread.php ./global.php ./includes/init.php ./includes/class_core.php ./includes/config.php ./includes/functions.php ./includes/class_hook.php ./includes/modsystem_functions.php ./includes/class_bbcode_alt.php ./includes/class_bbcode.php ./includes/functions_bigthree.php Hooks Called: init_startup init_startup_session_setup_start init_startup_session_setup_complete cache_permissions fetch_threadinfo_query fetch_threadinfo fetch_foruminfo style_fetch cache_templates global_start parse_templates global_setup_complete printthread_start pagenav_page pagenav_complete bbcode_fetch_tags bbcode_create bbcode_parse_start bbcode_parse_complete_precache bbcode_parse_complete printthread_post printthread_complete
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